Closure for vessels.



r ormoni EUGENE A. TOWLE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

cLosUaE Fon vnssnns.

which may be broken When the secondary contents of the'vessel. l

To this end, my invention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter more particularly described and claimed. I Y' closure is removed, toailow removal ofthe part of this speciiication, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vessel-neck fitted with my improvements; Fig. 2 is ,ai similar view shown partly'in spective view,` showing removedyFig. 4 is a section of a bottle-neck fitted With my improvements and showing the secondary closure removed; and Fig; is a section of a m0di fied construction.

In `the draWings, A`rep-resents a vesselneck, which may form a part of a bottle, can orother vessel. The neck is formed in its free end with an Inclosing` the end of the neck is my improved cap B. Thel lower edge 3 ofthe cap is bent and clamped under the flange 2 of the neck. As illustrated inthe drawings, the cap is carried upward beyond the bottle-neck and then bent down and inward to form a rim or iiange 4 opposed to the top of the neck. i dapted to be interposed between the cap and top of the neck is a disk 5, preferably of suitable resilient material, s uchias cork, which is clamped between the rim or flange l of the cap and the .flanged upper end of the neck lo form an ail-tight seal. The cap is formed with a central opening adapted to be closr d by a secondary closure or friction-top 6, which-Wedgesinto the recessed top ot' the cap, as shown inlig. 2, and rests upon the iiange 4.* The friction-top 6 is for'n'icd with an* upwardly and inwardly eX- tending flange 7, which forms a convenient Specification of Letters Patent. Application :ned my 21, 190s.

In the 'accompanying drawings formingseet'ion; Figp is a per-l the secondary closure and part of the seal outwardly-turned -iiange 2.

flange and bottle neck,

Patented Apr. is, Milli. serial No. s273148.

i recess tolreceive the end of a knife-blade S or other suitable tool toallow it to be pried from the' cap. The. friction-top is preferably'of such height as to stand substantially iiush with the upper edge of the cap.

In the construction shown inlfig. 5 I show a disk 9 of thin material such as tagger-s tin clamped in position by'a resilientwasher l0, lnterposed between the outer edge of the disk4 and flange 4;. lilith this form the center of the disk will be cut out along the inner edge of the Washer as shown in Fig. 5.

In use, `the cap Will he secured upon the end of the neck, as shown, clamping the disk between it and the top edge of the neck, to form an air-tight seal. lVhen it is desired to gain aceessto the contents of the vessel, the friction-top l6 .Will be removed, as illustrated inv Fig. 3, and the center of the disk vcut out, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The oontents of the vessel may then be poured in the ordinary manner.

By referring to Fig. 4, it willbe seen that the inner edge of the cap flange 4 stands outside of the inner edge of the bottle-neck, so that when a section of .disk is cut ont close to the inner edge of the flange, .the section of disk so cut out cannot drop into' the bottle-neck, and can therefore be easily removed.4 y f Dilferent Ways of'securin the cap to the neck and different forms o' secondary cio sure may be provided Without departing from the idea of my invention, the scope pt' which is defined'in the'claim.

I claims- In combination with :r vessel neck, a closure comprisinga cap embra/cing the end of the neck, said cap being doubled upon itself and bent to form/an annular iiange opposed t'o the end of/the bottle neck, the inner edge of said'iaige terminating short of the interior opening of the 'bottle neck whereby tol constitute a central opening larger-'than the opening through the neck ofthe bottle, a disk interposed between said and a secondary closure "for said central opening'.

In testimony Whereotl I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. i

` EUGENE A. TOWLE. Witnessesz- S. JOHNSON, Harrie SMITH.

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